Stuck on the A2 and A7: How to prevent the traffic chaos!

Stuck on the A2 and A7: How to prevent the traffic chaos!

Hannover, Deutschland - On January 12, 2025, local traffic news reports on current congestion warnings in Hanover. The stowed warner works in close cooperation with the "TomTom" service, which is known for its effective navigation systems.

TomTom uses GPS coordinates of several million end devices as well as automatic data of around 80 million mobile phone devices and information from numerous official road sensors. This large number of data sources ensures high topicality and precision of the traffic information. Manually cultivated information also contributes to the correctness of the information, while the data is updated every five minutes. In addition to TomTom, other providers of navigation systems such as Google Maps, Apple maps and Garmin are also represented on the market, such as diverse data sources at TomTom

The relevance of TomTom traffic extends over many countries and contributes significantly to traffic control. The service receives data from around 600 million networked GPS devices and records 3.5 billion kilometers every day, which makes it an important player in the area of ​​traffic information. TomTom traffic is offered in 78 countries, but often only for OEMs and corporate partners.

end customers have the option of using TomTom traffic free of charge via the online route planner MyDrive.tomtom.com. The system also integrates into PND navigation devices, smartphone apps and permanently built-in navigation systems of many automobile manufacturers. Third-party apps such as Apple maps and Sygic also use TomTom traffic, while mobility service providers such as Uber access this data. The traffic information is quickly updated every two minutes, based on anonymized GPS data, such as PC-WELT Reported.

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